LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
148. GLAREOLA MALDIVARUM. ORIENTAL PRATINCOLE. 
,[ Glareola ( Pratincola ) maldivarum Forster, Fauna Indica, p. 11, (pref . June 20th) 1795 : open sea near the Maidive 
Islands. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 23 (pt. xxxv.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 171, Dec. 
31st, 1913. 
Glareola orientalis Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. I., p. 132, 1821 : Java (breeding ?). 
Glareola pratincola parryi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 4, p. 70, July 21st, 1917. Parry’s Creek, 
North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXXXIV. Genus PELTOHYAS. 
Peltohyas Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV., .p, 307, (July 10th) 1896. Type (by monotypy) : 
Eudromius australis Gould. 
149. PELTOHYAS AUSTRALIS. DOTTEREL. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 15 (pt. xiii.), Dec. 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 172, Dec. 31st, 
1913. 
Eudromius australis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 174, July 1841. Interior Australia (South 
Australia). 
Gharadrius australis whitlocki Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 218, Jan. 31st, 1912; Daydawn, mid-West 
Australia. 
Distribution. South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, West Australia. 
Family BURHINIDJE. 
CXXXV. Genus BUBHINUS. 
Burhinus Illiger, Prodr. Mamm. et Av., p. 250, (pref. April) 1811. Type (by monotypy) : Gharadrius magnirostris 
Latham. 
Planorhamphus Billberg,Synops. Faunse Seand., Vol. I., pt. n., Aves, tab. A, 1828. New name for “ Burrhinus 
111.? ” cf. Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 2 and 3, p. 40, Oct. 23rd, 1913. 
150. BURHINUS MAGNIROSTRIS. STONE PLOVER. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 5 (pt. xxi.), Dec. 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 173, Dec. 
31st, 1913. 
Gharadrius magnirostris Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. lxvi., 1801 after May : New South Wales, based on 
Watling drawing. 
Gharadrius grallarius Latham, ih. : New South Wales. 
Gharadrius frcenatus Latham, ib., p. lxvii. : New South Wales. A 
C Edicnemus longipes Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. XXIII., p. 232, Sept. 5th, 1818 : ex Geoffrey St, 
Hilaire MS. Nouvelle Hollande Baudin Exp.=New South Wales. 
Burhinus novcehollandice Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XIV., pt. i., p. 342, 1826 (end). New name for G. 
magnirostris Latham. 
Gharadrius giganteus Wagler, Isis, 1829, heft vi., col. 648, June : New South Wales. 
(Edicnemus major Brelim, Isis, 1845, heft v., col. 357, May : New South Wales. 
(Edicnemus longipes Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 35, 1888 : Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. 
Not of Vieillot as above 1818. 
Burhinus magnirostris rufescens Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 225, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, North- 
west Australia. 
Burhinus magnirostis ramsayi Mathews, ib. : Mackay, Queensland. 
Bwhinus magnirostris broomei Mathews, ib., p. 226 : Broome Hill, South-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
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